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Question about Fonts on LS_800

#4505
From: Brad Allison
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 23:33
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i have an LS800 in our lounge and i can not seem to get it
to recognized any other fonts besides the 6 default fonts that came with it

i tried 'xset'ing the fonts onto the x-station 
and it recognized that the fonts were there when i did an 'xlsfonts'

but when i tried to use a utility with a font from that list
it failed to recognize the new font

there has to get a way to install more fonts onto a LS800
if anyone out there knows how or has an idea
shoot

					thanks
					-brad

here is what i tried:

Script started on Thu Jan 28 15:38:41 1993
[3:38pm] /usr/local/fonts>>> setenv DISPLAY flea.catt.ncsu.edu:0.0
[3:39pm] /usr/local/fonts>>> xlsfonts
8x13      cursor    fixed     helvb12   intl      tv100

[3:39pm] /usr/local/fonts>>> xset fp+ /usr/local/fonts/MIT/75dpi/
[3:39pm] /usr/local/fonts>>> xlsfonts

8x13                           lucidasans-bolditalic-24
cursor                         lucidasans-bolditalic-8
fixed                          lucidasans-italic-10
helvb12                        lucidasans-italic-12
intl                           lucidasans-italic-14
lucidasans-10                  lucidasans-italic-18
lucidasans-12                  lucidasans-italic-24
lucidasans-14                  lucidasans-italic-8
lucidasans-18                  lucidasanstypewriter-10
lucidasans-24                  lucidasanstypewriter-12
lucidasans-8                   lucidasanstypewriter-14
lucidasans-bold-10             lucidasanstypewriter-18
lucidasans-bold-12             lucidasanstypewriter-24
lucidasans-bold-14             lucidasanstypewriter-8
lucidasans-bold-18             lucidasanstypewriter-bold-10
lucidasans-bold-24             lucidasanstypewriter-bold-12
lucidasans-bold-8              lucidasanstypewriter-bold-14
lucidasans-bolditalic-10       lucidasanstypewriter-bold-18
lucidasans-bolditalic-12       lucidasanstypewriter-bold-24
lucidasans-bolditalic-14       lucidasanstypewriter-bold-8
lucidasans-bolditalic-18       tv100

[3:40pm] /usr/local/fonts>>> xset fp+ /usr/local/fonts/MIT/misc
[3:40pm] /usr/local/fonts>>> xlsfonts

-jis-fixed-medium-r-normal--16-110-100-100-c-160-jisx0208.1983-0
-jis-fixed-medium-r-normal--24-170-100-100-c-240-jisx0208.1983-0
-misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--13-100-100-100-c-70-iso8859-1
-misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--13-100-100-100-c-80-iso8859-1
-misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-120-100-100-c-90-iso8859-1
-misc-fixed-bold-r-semicondensed--13-100-100-100-c-60-iso8859-1
-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--10-70-100-100-c-60-iso8859-1
-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-100-100-100-c-70-iso8859-1
-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-100-100-100-c-80-iso8859-1
-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-100-100-100-c-80-iso8859-8
-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--14-110-100-100-c-70-iso8859-1
-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-120-100-100-c-90-iso8859-1
-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--20-140-100-100-c-100-iso8859-1
-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--7-50-100-100-c-50-iso8859-1
-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--8-60-100-100-c-50-iso8859-1
-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--9-80-100-100-c-60-iso8859-1
-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--12-90-100-100-c-60-iso8859-1
-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-100-100-100-c-60-iso8859-1
-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-100-100-100-c-60-iso8859-8
-sony-fixed-medium-r-normal--16-150-75-75-c-80-iso8859-1
-sony-fixed-medium-r-normal--16-150-75-75-c-80-jisx0201.1976-0
-sony-fixed-medium-r-normal--24-230-75-75-c-120-iso8859-1
-sony-fixed-medium-r-normal--24-230-75-75-c-120-jisx0201.1976-0
10x20
12x24
12x24kana
12x24romankana
5x7
5x8
6x10
6x12
6x13
6x13bold
6x9
7x13
7x13bold
7x14
7x14bold
8x13
8x13bold
8x16
8x16kana
8x16romankana
9x15
9x15bold
a14
cursor
fixed
heb6x13
heb8x13
helvb12
intl
k14
kana14
kanji16
kanji24
lucidasans-10
lucidasans-12
lucidasans-14
lucidasans-18
lucidasans-24
lucidasans-8
lucidasans-bold-10
lucidasans-bold-12
lucidasans-bold-14
lucidasans-bold-18
lucidasans-bold-24
lucidasans-bold-8
lucidasans-bolditalic-10
lucidasans-bolditalic-12
lucidasans-bolditalic-14
lucidasans-bolditalic-18
lucidasans-bolditalic-24
lucidasans-bolditalic-8
lucidasans-italic-10
lucidasans-italic-12
lucidasans-italic-14
lucidasans-italic-18
lucidasans-italic-24
lucidasans-italic-8
lucidasanstypewriter-10
lucidasanstypewriter-12
lucidasanstypewriter-14
lucidasanstypewriter-18
lucidasanstypewriter-24
lucidasanstypewriter-8
lucidasanstypewriter-bold-10
lucidasanstypewriter-bold-12
lucidasanstypewriter-bold-14
lucidasanstypewriter-bold-18
lucidasanstypewriter-bold-24
lucidasanstypewriter-bold-8
nil2
olcursor
olglyph-10
olglyph-12
olglyph-14
olglyph-19
r14
r16
 r24
rk14
rk16
rk24
tv100
variable
[3:40pm] /usr/local/fonts>>> xset fp rehash

[3:40pm] /usr/local/fonts>>> xterm -fn olcursor
xterm:  unable to open font "olcursor", trying "fixed"....


[3:41pm] /usr/local/fonts>>> exit
exit

script done on Thu Jan 28 15:41:30 1993

  
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From: jackal@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Brad Allison)
Subject: Question about Fonts on LS_800
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